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CSS CSS Flexbox Layout Building a Layout with Flexbox Creating a Sticky Footer with Flexbox

Michael Pashkov
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Michael Pashkov
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Michael Pashkov
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Alternate sticky footer method

Hi guys! Question is If instead of class I use tag - Sticky method doesn't work. Why?

<footer class="main-footer">

Doesn't work

body {
  display: flex;
  flex-direction: column;
  min-height: 100vh;
}

footer {
  margin-top: auto;
}

Works

body {
  display: flex;
  flex-direction: column;
  min-height: 100vh;
}

.main-footer {
  margin-top: auto;
}

3 Answers

Steven Parker
Steven Parker
231,248 Points
Steven Parker
Steven Parker
231,248 Points

It works identically for me both ways. Perhaps you had a typo when trying the tag which does not show here?

meghana Joshi
meghana Joshi
4,596 Points
meghana Joshi
meghana Joshi
4,596 Points

Never mind I got the answer here :

janatoc on Apr 25, 2017 Hi, I had the same issue. It's because footer has the margin already set in the base.css file --> .main-footer {margin-top: 30px; } As class selector (.main-footer) has higher specificity than element selector (footer), it will overrule your footer {margin-top: auto;} style. You have to set .main-footer {margin-top: auto;} that should work.

meghana Joshi
meghana Joshi
4,596 Points
meghana Joshi
meghana Joshi
4,596 Points

I have the same problem. The footer tag does not work while the class name works. there is no typo